Trevor Mowry
Winds Coach

Trevor Mowry is an oboist based in the Washington, DC area who has been lauded for his “lovely and plaintive” playing (Charleston Gazette). He has played principal oboe in “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band since his appointment at age 22 in 2012. In that capacity he has performed in hundreds of band, orchestra, and chamber music concerts in 44 US states, and regularly performs for state functions at the White House. He has appeared as a guest musician with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, and the New World Symphony. He can frequently be heard in performance throughout the DC area as principal oboe of the Alexandria Symphony, and as guest principal oboe with the Fairfax Symphony, Annapolis Symphony, Maryland Lyric Opera, the National Philharmonic, Post Classical Ensemble, Cathedral Choral Society, and other esteemed local arts organizations.

Trevor has appeared as a featured soloist with the Marine Band, the Marine Chamber Orchestra, the Alexandria Symphony, the Wheaton Municipal Band, the DuPage Symphony, the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, and the American Youth Symphony Orchestra. He is the dedicatee of two works for solo oboe and band: McGuffy’s Reed by Brad Ellis, which he premiered and recorded with the University of Maryland-Baltimore County Wind Ensemble (released through Albany Records in 2022), and Canto per la Terra by Joseph Landers, which was premiered with the University of Alabama Wind Ensemble in 2024. As a chamber musician he has served as guest oboist with DC-based wind quintet District5, and has appeared on chamber music concerts presented by the Richmond Symphony and Chiarina Chamber Players. His transcription for reed quintet of the Finale from Ethel Smyth’s String Quintet op. 1 was premiered on a 2023 Marine Band chamber concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of women serving in the band, and was also featured in performance at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago that same year.

A passionate educator, Trevor has been featured in master classes at over thirty universities and conservatories across the United States, and was the featured guest artist at Ball State University’s annual “Oboe Marathon” in 2024. He is the winds coach for the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra program, where he helps hone the ensemble-playing skills of outstanding young woodwind players as they prepare to enter top collegiate music programs. He received a Performer’s Certificate and a Bachelor’s Degree in Oboe Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and pursued graduate studies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music until his appointment to “The President’s Own.” His teachers are Richard Killmer, Robert Atherholt, and Deb Stevenson. When not playing the oboe, Trevor enjoys spending time with his wife Laura (an excellent flutist), their two daughters, and their goldendoodle.

This bio is presented in an unofficial capacity and neither “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, the U.S. Marine Corps nor any other component of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government has endorsed it.